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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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Bullying or bullyings?

I was wonder about this sentence: he stopped his bullying(s) against the classmates. Should bullying have a "s"? I'm thinking yes because of subject-verb agreement, but I'm not very sure. Any help would be great, thanks.
  

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I'd say "he stopped bullying his classmates", or "stopped his bullying (his) classmates". Isn't "to bully" transitive? You don't bully *against someone...

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  • I'd say "he stopped bullying his classmates", or "stopped his bullying (his) classmates".
  • Isn't "to bully" transitive?
  • You don't bully *against someone...
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I'd say "he stopped bullying his classmates", or "stopped his bullying (his) classmates". Isn't "to bully" transitive? You don't bully *against someone...
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Ah, I think you are correct! But if I were to use "they bully" or "he likes to bully," that would be considered intransitive?
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